The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. A simple and practical guide, How to Write Better Letters exp…
Banyak orang yang mengatakan bahwa belajar bahasa Mandarin itu paling sulit. Secara akademis, hal ini sudah dibuktikan oleh periset bahasa dari Amerika bahwa bahasa-bahasa yang memiliki kanji khusus seperti halnya bahasa Mandarin, Jepang, Arab, dan Korea tergolong sebagai rumpun bahasa yang tersulit, mengalahkan kesulitan belajar bahasa-bahasa Eropa. Akan tetapi jangan khawatir, atas dasar itul…
Erika Hoff's LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, 5th Edition communicates both the content and the excitement of this quickly evolving field. By presenting a balanced treatment that examines all sides of the issues, Hoff helps readers understand different theoretical points of view-- and the research processes that have lead theorists to their findings. After an overview and history of the field, Hoff thorou…
Buku ini berisi tentang BAgaimana memahami seluruh materi TOEFL; (PBT, CBT, IBT) dan menguasai semua trik mengerjakan soal-soal TOEFL; Mencapai skor TOEFL minimu hingga di atas 600 (PBT); serta meningkatkna karir pekerjaan.
Menulis adalah aktivitas yang menyenangkan. Namun, terkadang kita mengalami kebuntuan ide saat memulai sebuah kalimat atau bagaimana menutup sebuah cerita. Pada dasarnya, menulis akan terasa mudah dan menyenangkan bila kita punya keterampilan untuk itu. Edisi revisi Creative Writing ini menambahkan unsur lain dalam keterampilan menulis, yakni bagaimana membuat adegan yang menarik dan menulis…
Strukturalisme adalah cara berpikir yang mendasari semua pemikiran abad modern ini, dan linguistik merupakan salah satu ilmu yang paling sistematis dalam bidang humaniora. Kedua kegiatan itu dasar-dasarnya diletakkan oleh sarjana Swiss, Ferdinand de Saussure, pada awal abad ke-20 dalam kuliah-kuliahnya yang berjudul Cours de Linguistique Generale. Dalam buku ini, penulis mengantarkan kepada pem…
A paired skills series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. Academic Encounters Level 1 Student's Book Listening and Speaking: The Natural World engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of earth science and biology. Topics include the atmosphere, Earth's water supply, and life p…
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 3 Student's Book Listening and Speaking with DVD Life in Society engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the field of sociology. Topics i…
This book presents and practises over 1000 of the most useful and frequent idioms in typical contexts. This reference and practice book looks at the most colourful and fun area of English vocabulary - idioms. This book will appeal to students at advanced level who want to understand and use the English really used by native speakers, and students preparing for higher level exams, such as CAE, C…
Present Yourself is a presentation skills course for adult and young-adult learners of English. Present Yourself 2, Viewpoints, is intended for intermediate students and focuses on giving presentations that express an opinion or point of view. It can be used as a main text in a presentation skills course, in the context of a general conversation course, or as a component in speaking or integrat…
This book helps students improve their pronunciation through a variety of stimulating listening and speaking exercises. The Teacher's Manual contains background information, teaching notes, answers, and listening scripts for the Student's Book. Suggestions for extension activities are also provided.
A series of handy vocabulary books aimed at busy learners who want to fit in some extra practice outside the classroom. Offering plenty of practice for vocabulary learners, these small and easy-to-carry books are ideal for busy people to use outside the classroom. All the words have been chosen using the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that students learn the most widely used vocabular…
A series of handy vocabulary books aimed at busy learners who want to fit in some extra practice outside the classroom. Offering plenty of practice for vocabulary learners, these small and easy-to-carry books are ideal for busy people to use outside the classroom. All the words have been chosen using the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that students learn the most widely used vocabular…
A series of handy vocabulary books aimed at busy learners who want to fit in some extra practice outside the classroom. Offering plenty of practice for vocabulary learners, these small and easy-to-carry books are ideal for busy people to use outside the classroom. All the words have been chosen using the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that students learn the most widely used vocabular…
Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition, focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. Nitty Gritty Grammar, Second Edition focuses on essential areas of English grammar that cause difficulty for developing writers. It guides students through the learning process by exploring grammar in context, providing controlled practice, and giving students though…
The volume offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the UK (and later Australia), from the British Council's English Proficiency Test Battery (EPTB), through the revolutionary English Language Testing Service (ELTS) to the present solution of IELTS. The three stages of academic language testing in the UK over the last 50 years move from grammar t…
The Writers at Work series prepares ESL students to tackle academic essay writing. Writers at Work: The Paragraph is designed for high-beginning to low-intermediate writing students. It uses personal topics such as "A Person Important to You" and "Holidays" to teach the basics of paragraph writing. A five-step process approach teaches students how to generate ideas, write a first draft, revise,…
Four past exam papers for Cambridge English Advanced, also known as Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE). The syllabus for the Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam has changed, and this product is no longer suitable preparation material. New Cambridge English products are available to suit the requirements of the new syllabus.
This book provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with IELTS and to practise examination techniques using authentic test material prepared by Cambridge ESOL. An introduction to the different modules is included in each book, together with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge ESOL. The comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts means that…
This invaluable little book highlights the real mistakes that students make in the exam and shows how to avoid them. Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area. Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately. Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt. * Highlights …
The graded readers series of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. From the Highlands to its islands, from terrifying tales of history to its modern cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland has a fascinating story to tell. Explore the country through its fantastic festivals, innovative inventions, and much more. This paperback is in American Eng…
A three-level vocabulary series for both self-study and classroom use. This best-selling series gives students the support they need to master words and phrases in American English. New language is taught in manageable two-page units with presentation of vocabulary on the left-hand page and practice activities on the right. Suitable for self-study or classroom use, the books are informed by the…
This book helps students improve their pronunciation through a variety of stimulating listening and speaking exercises. The Teacher's Manual contains background information, teaching notes, answers, and listening scripts for the Student's Book. Suggestions for extension activities are also provided.
A resource book of grammar games and interactive activities. Games for Grammar Practice is a teacher's resource book containing a selection of more than forty games and activities for grammar practice. The activities are designed to promote intensive and interactive practice with learners of all ages from elementary to advanced level. Photocopiable pages and step-by-step instructions provide in…
Basic Grammar in Use, Second Edition, is a new edition of a highly successful text for high-beginning to low-intermediate students. The Basic Grammar in Use Workbook provides students with further opportunities to practice difficult grammar points. It also helps to consolidate their understanding of related grammar topics, such as the different ways of expressing the future. This Workbook offer…